Quote Originally Posted by JKDS
ICM wise, this is horrible too, as winning doesn't increase your chances of winning the tourney by much, but losing cripples you.
From what I have been taught, ICM doesn't apply to MTTs, certainly not until the latter money stages, the same goes for SNGs where ICM really comes into play. One of the reasons should be quite obvious: in a 60, 600, 6000 runner event, you cannot progress without doubling up time and time again yet you for 90% of the tourney you will be miles away from the cash. Ergo, you cannot get close to the money without doubling up yet each time you do you are not increasing your equity of the prize pool. Just look at the WSOP, you need to increase your starting stack of 20k but even 100k is still light years away from the payouts and the FT.